THE ORP FOUNDATION

The Orp Foundation is a UK charitable trust set up in 2011 by first and second-generation descendants of refugees. The five children of Hans Oppenheimer, and their fifteen children, wanted to create a lasting legacy with proceeds made by Hans in his successful international steel trading business. Hans and his wife Liesl were Jewish and consequently had to leave their homelands of Germany and Austria respectively in the 1930's. They initially settled in Egypt before the second world war, where they started a family. Hans and Liesl then faced discrimination in Egypt following the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, so in 1949 they emigrated to the UK. This explains why refugees are a core theme for our charity. As a family we are also passionate about environmental protection and improving the lives and educational opportunities of children. There are over 70 family members, most of whom live in the UK with some now living in the US, Spain and Switzerland... The Orp Foundation Trustees consult with..

Registration numbers: 1140855 (W)

Primary location: United Kingdom